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National Flood Insurance Program: The Current Rating Structure and Risk Rating 2.0
Congressional Research Service · 2022-04-04 · Reports · 8,980 words · PDF available
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is the primary source of flood insurance coverage for residential properties in the United States, with more than 5 million policies in over 22,000 communit...
Payroll Taxes: An Overview of Taxes Imposed and Past Payroll Tax Relief
Congressional Research Service · 2022-04-04 · Reports · 13,589 words · PDF available
A payroll tax is generally a tax levied on the wages or earnings of workers. Federal payroll taxes are the second-largest federal revenue source, after individual income taxes, raising $1.3 trillion (...
How Climate Change May Affect the U.S. Economy
Congressional Research Service · 2022-04-04 · Reports · 11,100 words · PDF available
There is general consensus within the scientific community that human activities have increased greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and that the increased concentrations have contributed t...